AMD A6-3400M vs AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-3400M and AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3400M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 53% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 703 vs 567
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1221 vs 556
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 June 2011 vs 10 September 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 703 vs 567
PassMark - CPU mark 1221 vs 556

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325

  • Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 35 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-3400M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
703
567
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1221
556
Name AMD A6-3400M AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325
PassMark - Single thread mark 703 567
PassMark - CPU mark 1221 556
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 232
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.05
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 529
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 529

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-3400M AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Congo
Launch date 15 June 2011 10 September 2009
Place in performance rating 2877 2882
Series AMD A-Series 2x AMD Athlon Neo
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 218 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4096 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz 1.5 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 2
Transistor count 1000 Million
Front-side bus (FSB) 1600 MHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FS1 ASB1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 18 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Advanced Technologies

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